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session on mississippi history. a few things i would like to point out. if you could please silence your cell phones, please feel free to take any pictures and if you would like, we would love to have you send them to hashtag literary lawn party or hashtag ms book festival. i would like to introduce you to the sponsor of our session today. our sponsor today is humanities council, mister stewart rockoff is the director. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm here to do two things. one is to say the session is sponsored with the national endowment for the humanities as part of their race initiative. and then pamela junior, was previously the director of the smith robertson museum down the street and several months ago, the director of the mississippi civil rights museum. which will be open to the public and to the people of mississippi, december 9th, who better? pamela. >> thank you so much. i am a big fan of these folks. what i decided to do is ask individual questions than a general question. very good. i will intro
session on mississippi history. a few things i would like to point out. if you could please silence your cell phones, please feel free to take any pictures and if you would like, we would love to have you send them to hashtag literary lawn party or hashtag ms book festival. i would like to introduce you to the sponsor of our session today. our sponsor today is humanities council, mister stewart rockoff is the director. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm here to do two things. one is...
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[applause] they key for bbv in mississippi -- peeping in mississippi. >> five tornadoes struck again. the hardest hit was a angeles county's. the storm struck the lives of five mississippians include data of brother of senator kay bailey hutcheson. lives were forever change. once again we prayed and thank god that more were not taken and we went back to work. christmas eve i a to word the damage saying how the season was shattered for so many but once again be became mississippi's strong. since that time more than 30200 volunteers have flocked were the 19th of hours and private donations have exceeded a quarter of a million dollars for tornado victims. whole continues across this state and other affected counties. we continue to be ever thankful. weld expressing an ending prayer for peace on earth and good will towards men. last year also brought us man-made challenges at the department of corrections. even as we pass the most comprehensive correction of criminal justice reform in the state's history but as with all challenges exist opportunities. with a stellar independent task force
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mississippi has been well served for the last decade. having the integrity having sent someone to congress to follow in the footsteps could build on the foundation that when greg announced he was going to return we no longer seek reelection and it's something i had been thinking about for some time because my relationship with greg i felt like it was the right decision for myself and my family i served as the mayor for almost seven years before that and i served many years in the e city council as well as couple of years as deputy attorney general of arizona its an opportunity to support not only my district to make sure we get our fair share of resources but also the opportunity to set up policies for all of america so it is a great book. it is awesome to be in a congress that represents the community and be part of history a little bit. i'm excited to be here and i was turned down as me. i wanted to see in public service. they left the seat to run for the senate and won that seat in arizona. in my hometown now they have to come back an
mississippi has been well served for the last decade. having the integrity having sent someone to congress to follow in the footsteps could build on the foundation that when greg announced he was going to return we no longer seek reelection and it's something i had been thinking about for some time because my relationship with greg i felt like it was the right decision for myself and my family i served as the mayor for almost seven years before that and i served many years in the e city council...
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what happened after the mississippi freedom democratic party delegate took that bus ride home to mississippi after their challenge and in terms of being seated in atlantic city was not successful completely? i asked that question because when we look at the civil right act of 1964 and voting rights of 1965 we see that there were shortcomings. shortcomings and limitations that meant that the lives of black people in mississippi did not change overnight so they give you an example. after johnson signed from 1964 civil rights act, there were many restaurant owners and hotel owners in the city of jackson who closed doors rather than comply with the law after the voting rights act is signed, it is over a year before federal voter registrars enter sunflower county one of the worst counties in terms of black disenfranchisement the can be the of fanny so my question is what did local people do? i found that mef these people decided that head start could become another vehicle to achieve the very gain and very rights they've been mobilizing for and organizing for for years. i think it's important to
what happened after the mississippi freedom democratic party delegate took that bus ride home to mississippi after their challenge and in terms of being seated in atlantic city was not successful completely? i asked that question because when we look at the civil right act of 1964 and voting rights of 1965 we see that there were shortcomings. shortcomings and limitations that meant that the lives of black people in mississippi did not change overnight so they give you an example. after johnson...
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i want to say to people in mississippi, thank you for your support. ibl am incredibly proud of the record of the trump-pence administration. i think we duluth for america a stronger military, a growing economy, a security border, and we put three conservatives on the supreme court of the united states of america they gave us a new beginning for the right to life and i will always be proud of that record. [applause] anytime the present and i had given us an opinion i kept it to myself, until we were alone. i have a very -- maybe it's because i was a government and i had a lieutenant governor. i really believe thatt the relationship between the president and the vice president is unique in our system of government. and it was always very important that if i i had a different view than a shared with them in private. and that he would make a decision and we would walk out and i would support the decision. you don't have copresidents and america. you have one president. and i would say along the way i was clear with the present what i believe the constitut
i want to say to people in mississippi, thank you for your support. ibl am incredibly proud of the record of the trump-pence administration. i think we duluth for america a stronger military, a growing economy, a security border, and we put three conservatives on the supreme court of the united states of america they gave us a new beginning for the right to life and i will always be proud of that record. [applause] anytime the present and i had given us an opinion i kept it to myself, until we...
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author yet, mississippi slavery in mississippi, waiting on that one, mississippi, the function of the mississippi state government during -- there is no biography in mississippi war governor charles park. women in civil war mississippi, tons of topics waiting for authors out there to help us understand more civil war mississippi. >> you have your work cut out for you. >> i will help anybody that does. >> how about you? >> first chapter of my book, mississippi's american indians, was devoted to archaeology but really that deserves the whole book by itself. we have 20,000 years of prehistory in mississippi with cultures, different cultures, and the mississippi mound trail on highway 61, focusing on this area and bring it to the public more and that needs to be emphasized. >> any questions? if you would, please go to the microphone in the middle. he asks why is it necessary to have two separate museums and that is a great question. they started from different points. the state history museum was always part of the museum of history, we closed it. after hurricane katrina tore the roof off
author yet, mississippi slavery in mississippi, waiting on that one, mississippi, the function of the mississippi state government during -- there is no biography in mississippi war governor charles park. women in civil war mississippi, tons of topics waiting for authors out there to help us understand more civil war mississippi. >> you have your work cut out for you. >> i will help anybody that does. >> how about you? >> first chapter of my book, mississippi's american...
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he said, we want you in mississippi to decide how mississippi's golf coast will be rebuilt. we are not going to decide in washington, but i will give you all of the help i can give you. the federal government took some really bad criticism. a lot of it very deserved. their logistical system that they had imposed totally collapsed, never worked. we are within a day or hours of catastrophic results because of it. but we were grounded and i have to tell you, 11 of the ways we worked around fema, the federal government failure, was the u.s. military stepped in. they brought us 1.7 million meals that the airlifted in and it took the place of what fema was supposed to have done. these weren't disastrous system meals, these were pentagon meals that were supposed to be for soldiers and saying we could get them replaced before we run out. so many times the federal government was a great partner, they did a whole lot right than wrong, but they sure did do somethings wrong. some things wrong. i'm not saying they didn't. i hope when you read this book, the book is half as good as the st
he said, we want you in mississippi to decide how mississippi's golf coast will be rebuilt. we are not going to decide in washington, but i will give you all of the help i can give you. the federal government took some really bad criticism. a lot of it very deserved. their logistical system that they had imposed totally collapsed, never worked. we are within a day or hours of catastrophic results because of it. but we were grounded and i have to tell you, 11 of the ways we worked around fema,...
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to fight and it feels like you came to mississippi to wander and you didn't just come to mississippi to talk about fairness, you talk about thee restaurant, you talk about meeting the love of your life, but you also give me the sense that you met organic revolutionaries from mississippi when convening history as the revolutionary came to mississippi. can you talk about that for a little bit? >> i forget the name right now, but all these women and men also they were right there, they were homegrown and often the people don't make it and that is why you never hear from them. they are obliterated before they can do what they need to do. she had been leading thend demonstration, doing all kinds of revolutionary work plus writing the autobiography whichd i helped to do and how to to leave before she finished it, but she finished it at some point with the help of a friend of ours. you're right and also i think the people from the north when they came they didn't realize what they came out of. >> you talk about the poetry of the specific revolution in mississippi and if you could talk a lit
to fight and it feels like you came to mississippi to wander and you didn't just come to mississippi to talk about fairness, you talk about thee restaurant, you talk about meeting the love of your life, but you also give me the sense that you met organic revolutionaries from mississippi when convening history as the revolutionary came to mississippi. can you talk about that for a little bit? >> i forget the name right now, but all these women and men also they were right there, they were...
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immigrants right alliance, the mississippi right alliance legal project, the mississippi center for justice, the center for law and society, community change action, southeast immigration rights network, as well as testimonies from people who are still incarcerated who share their letters with us, we have rejected some of the information. but their stories on what they have gone through since august is gut wrenching at best. i want to think, again all of our witnesses, you shared the information, we take this back and we take it seriously, we will do all that we can and hopefully we will fix some of this but we need to get it on the record. so again, the members of the committee may have additional questions for you and we ask that you respond expeditiously in writing to those questions. hearing no further business, the committee stands adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations]ne hou.
immigrants right alliance, the mississippi right alliance legal project, the mississippi center for justice, the center for law and society, community change action, southeast immigration rights network, as well as testimonies from people who are still incarcerated who share their letters with us, we have rejected some of the information. but their stories on what they have gone through since august is gut wrenching at best. i want to think, again all of our witnesses, you shared the...
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[inaudible conversations] mississippi book festival, i'm chris mississippi archives and history, i have been asked to remind everyone that you're more than welcome to take photographs to social media. this is the conversation of library in congress panel and sponsored by the mississippi humanities council and the southern mississippi friends of the library. mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter of literature, music and arts as congressman greg harper, now in fifth term, harper shares the committee on house administration and serves house committee of energy and commerce and joint committee on printing an more pertantly chair committee. here is [applause] gregg happen -- harper,. >> what a great day. all the work that's been done, you can't say enough to all of the people that have participated, but it's my honor to have in mississippi dr. carla hayden 14th librarian of congress. still new on the job. we had an incredible day yesterday with her here at the state library commission and also we -- we had just an amazing day, didn't we. i want you to know that when you talk
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there's an education presentation, mississippi was, mississippi is. it means they've changed in a way that i think a lot of the northern press was not aware of and was not aware of the racial issue then and probably not aware now. the army had been, thank you, harry truman, the army had been desegregated to a point by the time i got in in 1962 it was flattened out. there was no -- there may have been racism back in the barracks and the tents, but it's not out in the open. alabama pfcs saluted black officers, took the orders from black sergeants. once we left the comfort of the army bases and the posts as we moved south, it was a different culture. that we got into. and, of course, it was a freeze frame, a photograph, a snapshot of rayism that we saw that -- racism that we saw that first morning and continued to see while we were there. so kudos to the military. they did a good job. my driver one time asked me, lieutenant, are we doing any good down here, and this was late november. and i said, well, he's still alive, isn't he? the only way i can respo
there's an education presentation, mississippi was, mississippi is. it means they've changed in a way that i think a lot of the northern press was not aware of and was not aware of the racial issue then and probably not aware now. the army had been, thank you, harry truman, the army had been desegregated to a point by the time i got in in 1962 it was flattened out. there was no -- there may have been racism back in the barracks and the tents, but it's not out in the open. alabama pfcs saluted...
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and mississippi were shipped east of the mississippi. so charles percy was the son of thomas in 20 years old in 1940 and by that time, his family had acquired land in the mississippi delta. he loaded flatboats with everything he had an all family possessions from the plantation they had acquired worth half a million dollars back in 1840 including all of the slaves and got on the tennessee river and went down to the ohio then took the ohio river to the mississippi and landed in a place that is called deer creek mississippi. close now to the little town. the youngest kid on there was william alexander percy who was just three years old. charles did not last long. he died 10 years later. that william went to princeton but when there he became a colonel and have their regiment. he was not for secession but when they seceded, he went to fight and came back, the plantation was decimated but he reorganized. when the terrorist overthrew, he was a respectable face of terror to go into the mississippi legislature to become speaker for just one ter
and mississippi were shipped east of the mississippi. so charles percy was the son of thomas in 20 years old in 1940 and by that time, his family had acquired land in the mississippi delta. he loaded flatboats with everything he had an all family possessions from the plantation they had acquired worth half a million dollars back in 1840 including all of the slaves and got on the tennessee river and went down to the ohio then took the ohio river to the mississippi and landed in a place that is...
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and mississippi. by listening to these accounts and noticing these details, we understand not only mississippi's racial past, but the voices and deeds that resisted and fought back to create more just state, region and country. historian robin d.g. kelley sums up the emmett till generation in this way. the emmett till case a spark for a new generation to commit their lives to social change. they said, we're not going to die like this. instead, we're going to live and transform the south so people won't have to die like this. and if anything, if any events of the 1950s inspired young people to be committed to that kind of change, it was the lynching of emmett till. after seeing till's corpse, the young activist of the emmett till generation decided that enough was enough because they understood if they did not fight for societal change, they could be the victims of violence to mamie till-mobley orchestration and introduce young black people to a level of racial hatred that many did not know. black chil
and mississippi. by listening to these accounts and noticing these details, we understand not only mississippi's racial past, but the voices and deeds that resisted and fought back to create more just state, region and country. historian robin d.g. kelley sums up the emmett till generation in this way. the emmett till case a spark for a new generation to commit their lives to social change. they said, we're not going to die like this. instead, we're going to live and transform the south so...
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when i was a child, mississippi taught me many things. it taught me to grow up hungry for food and comfort and that the long arm of history wraps around all of us every day and squeezes tightly, a discomfiting hog . it taught me that many who call this place home and all people of african descent are immeasurably less but this place also taught me what it was to grow up satiated by love of family, of community. it taught me to love language, and the connection it engendered. it taught me that it never only spoke the language of oppression, of hate, that could speak love to. it could speak tenderly with gentle hands. mississippi speaks when my grandmother hugged me to her and eileen into her and close my eyes, inhaling her perfume , feeling her long white hair on my face, a wispy caress. she speaks when my nephew drives me home and the place songs he wants me to hear, dark eyes watchful for my approval, a quick smile when i say yes, i like this. she speaks to my son and the path his leg and holds out her head and my son takes my sons paul
when i was a child, mississippi taught me many things. it taught me to grow up hungry for food and comfort and that the long arm of history wraps around all of us every day and squeezes tightly, a discomfiting hog . it taught me that many who call this place home and all people of african descent are immeasurably less but this place also taught me what it was to grow up satiated by love of family, of community. it taught me to love language, and the connection it engendered. it taught me that...
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to each member of the mississippi legislature what an honor it is to serve the people of mississippi, to serve with you at this special time. in just two short years we have worked together to bring about positive change in our state and i thank you for your service, for your diligence and for your dedication. to mississippi's first lady, mississippi's first lady and mine i want to thank you for putting up with all of us, the early mornings in the late nights, through storm and sunshine she is always there. to help blair batson hospital or susan g. koman or smith bill or read cross mississippi. she is always there. she is the wind beneath mississippi's wings and mine and she is forever my first lady. [applause] as i began writing this address some weeks ago i reflected upon psalm 1:26 which says the lord hath done great things for us, wherever we are glad. tonight let us see why we should be glad. two years ago we began our journey together. our goal was simple. we would accomplish great things for all mississipians. in those two years my administration has endeavored to work with you
to each member of the mississippi legislature what an honor it is to serve the people of mississippi, to serve with you at this special time. in just two short years we have worked together to bring about positive change in our state and i thank you for your service, for your diligence and for your dedication. to mississippi's first lady, mississippi's first lady and mine i want to thank you for putting up with all of us, the early mornings in the late nights, through storm and sunshine she is...
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welcome to the third mississippi book festival. in the mississippi department of archives and history. i've been asked to remind everyone that you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media, and the hash tag is literarylongparty. this is the conversation with the library of congress panel sponsored by the mississippi humanities council and friends of the library. mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter as its literature, music and art as congressman greg harper. now in his fifth term in the united states house of representatives, congressman harper chairs the committee on house administration and serves on the house committee on energy and commerce, the joint committee on printing and perhaps most pertinently for us here today, as the chair of the joint committee of the library of congress. here is congressman gregg harper. [applause] >> than >> thank you so much. what a great day, the third annual mississippi book festival. all the work that's been done. you can't say enough to the people that h
welcome to the third mississippi book festival. in the mississippi department of archives and history. i've been asked to remind everyone that you are more than welcome to take photographs, post to social media, and the hash tag is literarylongparty. this is the conversation with the library of congress panel sponsored by the mississippi humanities council and friends of the library. mississippi is fortunate to have so strong a supporter as its literature, music and art as congressman greg...
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he's not even from mississippi. they pay this outsider to shoot james meredith, to wound him, not to kill him. that is why they used birdshot rather than a single bullet trade there would be a big story and it would turn into a great national march. that conspiracy here there he doesn't make any sense either. so neal conspiracy i think holds ground that these stories that develop and the conspiracy theories on the shooting of james meredith once was thought it was a conspiracy against them so they use it as a weapon against the cell rights movement i find absolutely fascinating. >> host: so wrapping up what is the final thing you would like viewers and readers to know about this book blacks. >> guest: again i see the book as a way to tell a broader story about the civil rights movement by telling a very specific dramatic story about the civil rights movement. it occurs over three weeks at the start of the crossroads. it's a classic story and historians know something about the meredith march but this book tries to e
he's not even from mississippi. they pay this outsider to shoot james meredith, to wound him, not to kill him. that is why they used birdshot rather than a single bullet trade there would be a big story and it would turn into a great national march. that conspiracy here there he doesn't make any sense either. so neal conspiracy i think holds ground that these stories that develop and the conspiracy theories on the shooting of james meredith once was thought it was a conspiracy against them so...
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you go to mississippi. you don't go to mississippi. you're going to vietnam. now i want you to think about that. as 18 19 year olds right now. i'm just assuming all of y'all about 1819. you're like the 29 year olds going. yeah, i'll take that. vietnam mississippi which one of you choosing vietnam? wait, mississippi to be honest though. it ain't really good in mississippi. either. you're like, yeah, right vietnam. did you hear she's like to be honest, so it ain't really good in mississippi either. so this is what you're choosing between vietnam and mississippi. so then you're having to make another choice. where do i think i can do the most good? when that's the parameter. where do i think i can be the change agent? they chose, mississippi. wow, yes. use vietnam. yeah, not i know of. not that i know of that's not to say it didn't happen. but while this debate is going on. there's a snick member up in massachusetts harvard trained philosopher bob moses. and moses had an aura status and snick because he had what i call quiet power. you know that thing where you k
you go to mississippi. you don't go to mississippi. you're going to vietnam. now i want you to think about that. as 18 19 year olds right now. i'm just assuming all of y'all about 1819. you're like the 29 year olds going. yeah, i'll take that. vietnam mississippi which one of you choosing vietnam? wait, mississippi to be honest though. it ain't really good in mississippi. either. you're like, yeah, right vietnam. did you hear she's like to be honest, so it ain't really good in mississippi...
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and that's what chris relf brings to this mississippi state football team. guys want to play for him. he is a threat with a football. he gives them a little bit more in the passing game, as well. they respond in the huddle. the offensive line, they fire off just a little bit harder. makes a difference, dave. >> dave: bug dogs knocking on the door. they frail by 3 at home. back a moment. >> dave: the 81st battle of the golden egg which they started p . >> dave: this is the 81st battle for the golden egg. the last 18 games have been split right down the middle, nine apiece. >> andre: yeah, home team trying to get a touchdown here. lockth might have got his shoulder pads in there. >> andre: right there almost propelling himself into the end zone. >> dave: second and goal. dixon. loses a couple of yards. >> andre: i don't knowfy would make the change. you have all of your success, going to wing t, tight formation, you bring a lot of people to the party, keep them spread out, you get better blocking angles they way, little easier on the offensive line, here you'r
and that's what chris relf brings to this mississippi state football team. guys want to play for him. he is a threat with a football. he gives them a little bit more in the passing game, as well. they respond in the huddle. the offensive line, they fire off just a little bit harder. makes a difference, dave. >> dave: bug dogs knocking on the door. they frail by 3 at home. back a moment. >> dave: the 81st battle of the golden egg which they started p . >> dave: this is the 81st...
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this is our mississippi civil rights panel sponsored by the mississippi humanities council. if anyone from the council is present -- about the 40 minute mark or maybe a little before we will open the floor to questions from the audience. at the time if you'd make your way to the podium in the center and ask your questions from their, we will get to everyone who has one until time runs out. we're delighted to have as a moderator for this panel pamela d.c. junior. she was director smith robinson cultural museum and his family director of our mississippi civil rights museum. >> thank you. [applause] >> i'm very excited to be here. i think this is my third you being here, so i'm old hand at this aor thank you for coming o. i would like to first introduced our phenomenal panel, who have the most amazing books that you truly want to read. our first panelist is jane hearn, "a past that won't rest: images of the civil rights movement in mississippi" ." jane was married to jim lucas for this amazing book at the time of his death. she she's archived image for the images for an exhibit
this is our mississippi civil rights panel sponsored by the mississippi humanities council. if anyone from the council is present -- about the 40 minute mark or maybe a little before we will open the floor to questions from the audience. at the time if you'd make your way to the podium in the center and ask your questions from their, we will get to everyone who has one until time runs out. we're delighted to have as a moderator for this panel pamela d.c. junior. she was director smith robinson...
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this time gloriously lit by, you know, mississippi sun. it was clear day the men were wearing their hard hats and the blue and clouds were reflecting on the surface of these red and blue hard hats and and the men marched back to company gates and took their hardhats off. and in a symbolic of leaving the company, proudly leaving the company through their hard hats in the air at the company gates, and then we learned the police was on their way. we clambered onto busses and sped out to new orleans where we hid and for the department of justice to answer our criminal. yeah, yeah. so in the people have tried to organize and protect workers you know in various sectors of our economy and found very difficult to find success. what do you think made your campaign for the indian workers it signals successful. it was obviously very good intelligence and so it was using communication skills. it was using marching to washington as a tool. but just describe the the multifaceted campaign that you led, which led to the. well, i think it was a sea of choi
this time gloriously lit by, you know, mississippi sun. it was clear day the men were wearing their hard hats and the blue and clouds were reflecting on the surface of these red and blue hard hats and and the men marched back to company gates and took their hardhats off. and in a symbolic of leaving the company, proudly leaving the company through their hard hats in the air at the company gates, and then we learned the police was on their way. we clambered onto busses and sped out to new...
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c-span: so how long did she live in mississippi and -- >> guest: she left mississippi when she was in her mid-20s. she left the family -- the family left because there have been a meeting of the cousin. a cousin of theirs. her husband was beaten nearly to death over the fact that he did not commit. c-span: this is the story? >> guest: yes. c-span: can you tell the whole story? >> guest: one particular night before her husband returned from errands there was pounding at the door of her cabin and she had two young ones and she had a sister-in-law of living with her so she was surprised to be getting this kind of noise upfront. there were positive men at her door and they were looking for a cousin of hers, her cousin of her husband's name jolie. she said jolie wasn't there and they had come into the house and then gone through the back way to get away from the posse. so she didn't know anything about them. later on when the husband got back home she told him what had occurred and he went out to find out what had occurred but it was too late. jolie had been captured and he was beaten with
c-span: so how long did she live in mississippi and -- >> guest: she left mississippi when she was in her mid-20s. she left the family -- the family left because there have been a meeting of the cousin. a cousin of theirs. her husband was beaten nearly to death over the fact that he did not commit. c-span: this is the story? >> guest: yes. c-span: can you tell the whole story? >> guest: one particular night before her husband returned from errands there was pounding at the...
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growing up to be the governor of mississippi was a great compliment to a young man in mississippi at the time. one of those young men was named trent lot. one of those young men was named thad cochran. i telephoned thad cochran and invited him to be a member of the citizens for nixon-agnew. he was a democrat but he agreed to do that. he met in october of that year in indianapolis. the mayor of indianapolis then was richard lugar, a young mayor at that time, later a member of this body. and that was the beginning of thad cochran's republican party activity. then he and that other young man who were so promising, both ran for the united states congress in 1972, and to the surprise of a great many people they were elected the first republicans since reconstruction, i suppose, in mississippi, thad cochran and trent lott. in 1978, thad cochran did something nobody had ever done in his state since the reconstruction. he became a republican elected to the united states senate and he's been here ever since. the reason he was able to be successful is not surprising. thad was and is an engagin
growing up to be the governor of mississippi was a great compliment to a young man in mississippi at the time. one of those young men was named trent lot. one of those young men was named thad cochran. i telephoned thad cochran and invited him to be a member of the citizens for nixon-agnew. he was a democrat but he agreed to do that. he met in october of that year in indianapolis. the mayor of indianapolis then was richard lugar, a young mayor at that time, later a member of this body. and that...
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through mississippi and louisiana. a lot of folks back and forth on these tours is good to see all of you. if i haven't seen you come up and say hello and we will reacquaint. thank you for having me. this is wonderful for a i been looking forward to it for a very long time. brag on emerging civil war just a minutes i try to help out as much as i can. it's always a pleasure to help out chris and the folks that run it. helped out reading books, writing forwards and s' on it's a pleasure to be involved in anything like that. to be able to help out just a little bit. i applaud you and you are doing keep up the good work. nine years of the symposium. keep up the good work you're doing great. let's talk about vicksburg how many of you have been to vicksburg? all right, that is good. obviously i'm not from around here. [laughter] you understand that. you folks talk funny up here for some reason and i don't know why. but vicksburg very extremely importantai campaign in the civl war. we could break at a pretty good argument up
through mississippi and louisiana. a lot of folks back and forth on these tours is good to see all of you. if i haven't seen you come up and say hello and we will reacquaint. thank you for having me. this is wonderful for a i been looking forward to it for a very long time. brag on emerging civil war just a minutes i try to help out as much as i can. it's always a pleasure to help out chris and the folks that run it. helped out reading books, writing forwards and s' on it's a pleasure to be...
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here in jackson mississippi. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible backround conversations] the mississippi book festival now in its 50 year another year in jackson as Ãbhere's a look at what's happening outside the law merely books tent where attendees can purchase the book. [inaudible background conversations] while we wait for the next author discussion from mississippi to start, we want to show you a little bit of a program from last year with rachel devlin on the desegregation of american public schools through the actions of young women throughout the country. >> "a girl stands at the door" is a retelling of brown board of education. it's a retelling that situates the story with the young girls and women who were plaintiff in desegregation lawsuits in the late 1940s and leading up to brown v board and by telling the stories of the woman who volunteered to desegregate the schools especially in the deep south. these young women took grace book risks and filing lawsuits especially in
here in jackson mississippi. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible backround conversations] the mississippi book festival now in its 50 year another year in jackson as Ãbhere's a look at what's happening outside the law merely books tent where attendees can purchase the book. [inaudible background conversations] while we wait for the next author discussion from mississippi to start, we want to show you a little bit of a program from last year with rachel devlin on the...
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he says "my family is from greenwood, mississippi. i remember my mother sang black people were forced to watch lynchings. that he says that medgar evers was a hero and a warrior." guest: he cap expressing his first lynching, a gentleman named mr. tingle, drive-thru -- was kidnapped, drove through the streets, and shot. his clothes were left hung up in this fairgrounds for a year. the clan dared any black person to removee they wanted black people to know he had allegedly assessed a like people to know this is your place and if you displease us, you can be killed. black folks during that era, not only in mississippi but per capita more than any other state have the most lynchings. gloria was number three -- or it was a reign of terror. you were afraid of how you spoke to a white person, man, woman, or child. anything. restrained to vote, joining the naacp, looking at a white person trongthem in a way that in likt get off of the sidewalk when a white person walked down the street. host: let's talk to constance in virginia. caller: i am
he says "my family is from greenwood, mississippi. i remember my mother sang black people were forced to watch lynchings. that he says that medgar evers was a hero and a warrior." guest: he cap expressing his first lynching, a gentleman named mr. tingle, drive-thru -- was kidnapped, drove through the streets, and shot. his clothes were left hung up in this fairgrounds for a year. the clan dared any black person to removee they wanted black people to know he had allegedly assessed a...
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mississippi writers trip. an initiative to recognize mississippi's literary legacy placed at the state. this is live coverage on cspan2 booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. welcome to the 2019 mississippi book festival. this morning we celebrate the fifth anniversary of her literary long party. [applause] we are honored to have so many distinguished authors and friends join our celebration from the mississippi state capital. today more than 170 authors will visit with thousands of booklovers making connections through the love of books and the written word. c-span has been with us since the very beginning and we are grateful for the partnership we start today by recognizing the readers to mississippi culturally a landscape. the writers trail is an ever list the places all over the state that mark significant places in the lives of mississippi authors. ida b wells and richard ford are the very best writers. two is famous for investigative journalism. and ford is
mississippi writers trip. an initiative to recognize mississippi's literary legacy placed at the state. this is live coverage on cspan2 booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. welcome to the 2019 mississippi book festival. this morning we celebrate the fifth anniversary of her literary long party. [applause] we are honored to have so many distinguished authors and friends join our celebration from the mississippi state capital. today more than...
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what a great day for mississippi. the third annual mississippi book festival. all of the work that has been done, you cannot say not to all of the people that have participated. it is my honor to have in mississippi, doctor carla hayden who is 1/14 librarian of congress. sworn in on september 14 of 2016. so still new on the job. and we had an edible day yesterday with her here in the state library commission and also we had just an amazing day. it was great. so i want you to know that when we, when you talk of rockstar status -- and i see susan here. when we had her with about 100 librarians stacross the state, was like elvis was in the room. [laughter] it was pretty special. also, probably at about 1015 we will open this up for some q&a. there is a podium in the back in the middle of the room there that you see with the microphone. if you have a question that you want to ask please feel free to go there. we were trying to get as many as we can in a 15 minute span and do that as well. and so, we please have a given war mississippi welcome to dr. carla hayden. [
what a great day for mississippi. the third annual mississippi book festival. all of the work that has been done, you cannot say not to all of the people that have participated. it is my honor to have in mississippi, doctor carla hayden who is 1/14 librarian of congress. sworn in on september 14 of 2016. so still new on the job. and we had an edible day yesterday with her here in the state library commission and also we had just an amazing day. it was great. so i want you to know that when we,...
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we are from louisville, mississippi. we found reading comprehension and all that, we formed a group called black girls read and we came down to meet you. we have 30 girls k-12, maybe 20 today. we are right back here. [applause] >> we inspire girls to read, midnight without a moon by linda jackson but we went to inspires them, let them know they can do or be anything they want to be. they will be future carla haydens. i want to ask you if they would please stand. if you would inspire them with a few words. [applause] >> i love it because, because you young ladies have different outfits. i am trying to get a t-shirt. that is the other thing, reading can be cool and you can do your thing and read what you want and this is just -- take advantage of it. one of the joys of working with young people, i want to get all of your names because in 20 years or so when you become, you are doing your thing, don't forget us. we will be able to say a couple of the members or all the members of this group are now doing this, this and this
we are from louisville, mississippi. we found reading comprehension and all that, we formed a group called black girls read and we came down to meet you. we have 30 girls k-12, maybe 20 today. we are right back here. [applause] >> we inspire girls to read, midnight without a moon by linda jackson but we went to inspires them, let them know they can do or be anything they want to be. they will be future carla haydens. i want to ask you if they would please stand. if you would inspire them...
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after what they've gone through in mississippi many of the counties in mississippi and alabama so that caused considerable tension but they don't go along with that particular strategy and so that's where some of the tension at that point in terms of the changing objectives and most of the organizations in the movement shifted from 1956 and on. >> and that is where we first saw the image for one of these organizations. >> the black panther movement came somewhat later that it was simply that organized political party with a recognizable symbol. it answered peoples sense of what they were trying to do so that's why we get to the black panther party organized in lowndes county as a political party which is quite separate from the black panther party which becomes much more famous. a. >> we have a question here development that led to this. >> i would put a great deal of emphasis on, as i said, the failure of the challenge which was the effort to challenge or on see the delegation to the convention from 1964. but again, this comes just weeks after the murder of the civilized workers of mi
after what they've gone through in mississippi many of the counties in mississippi and alabama so that caused considerable tension but they don't go along with that particular strategy and so that's where some of the tension at that point in terms of the changing objectives and most of the organizations in the movement shifted from 1956 and on. >> and that is where we first saw the image for one of these organizations. >> the black panther movement came somewhat later that it was...
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. >> it looks like-- so those mississippi state grads, i represented mississippi state. most of you may not know this, mississippi has more super computing capability than anyplace in the south. georgia, florida --ississippi has two of them, the development and research center and then the space center. earlier today, we announced incompas is founding and establishing, creating a center for ai public policy and responsibility. we bring the f ai to places like tennessee and mississippi and how do we use our research, universities and and labs like at oak ridge-- >> and oak ridge is where we have the summit, which is the world's fastest computer, and we like having that capability there, and we have been doing round tables in quantum and on ai. senator i-- and you'll hear from senator klobuchar, the no fakes bill, ai i entertainment community to protect the name, image, likeness and voice. so that's kin of the first bill out of the box, but in tennessee, i say we have the good, bad and the uglyai. a lot of concern from our entertainment community, but when you look at logi
. >> it looks like-- so those mississippi state grads, i represented mississippi state. most of you may not know this, mississippi has more super computing capability than anyplace in the south. georgia, florida --ississippi has two of them, the development and research center and then the space center. earlier today, we announced incompas is founding and establishing, creating a center for ai public policy and responsibility. we bring the f ai to places like tennessee and mississippi and...
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what a great day for mississippi. third annual mississippi book festival, all the work that's been done, he can't say enough to all of the people who have participated, but it's my honor to have, in mississippi, doctor carla hayden who is the h library of congress sworn in on september 14, 2016 so still new on the job, and we had an incredible day yesterday with her here at the state and library commission and also we had an amazing day. it was great. i want you to know that when you talk of rock star status, i see susan here, when we had her with about 100 librarians from across the state it was like all this was in the room. it was pretty special. also, probably at about 1015 we will open it up for q&a. there is a podium in the back, in the middle of the room. if you have a question that you want to ask, please feel free to go there and will get as many as we can in about a 15 minute span and do that as well. so, would you please help me give a warm mississippi welcome to doctor carla hayden. [applause] >> i just wa
what a great day for mississippi. third annual mississippi book festival, all the work that's been done, he can't say enough to all of the people who have participated, but it's my honor to have, in mississippi, doctor carla hayden who is the h library of congress sworn in on september 14, 2016 so still new on the job, and we had an incredible day yesterday with her here at the state and library commission and also we had an amazing day. it was great. i want you to know that when you talk of...
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whole worth mentioned readers in mississippi every year, book tv covers the mississippi book festival in jackson and always thousands of people show up at the state capital for that. if you have a reason to be in oxford, mississippi, make sure to stop in at the square bookstore and say hi to richard haworth. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. i appreciate being with you today. and you're watching and listening to the about books, program and podcast. well, each tuesday, dozens of new books are published here. some recent ones, former goldman sachs executive jamie fiore. higgins is out with her exposÉ on the culture of finance and corporate america. her book is titled bully market my story of money and misogyny at goldman sachs. speaking of wall street. former wall street journal banking reporter greg steinmetz released his book about one of the wealthiest gilded age millionaires. it's titled american rascal how jay gould built wall street's biggest fortune. and freelance journalist mike mariani released his book on what happens when humans experience life changing events. th
whole worth mentioned readers in mississippi every year, book tv covers the mississippi book festival in jackson and always thousands of people show up at the state capital for that. if you have a reason to be in oxford, mississippi, make sure to stop in at the square bookstore and say hi to richard haworth. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. i appreciate being with you today. and you're watching and listening to the about books, program and podcast. well, each tuesday, dozens of new...
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spec. >> on the second day of the march she has just come in your hand down mississippi mississippi, he left the office the day before and he gets the nice warm reception who say they will register to vote and he tells stories of old african-american men that were so intimidated for so long but now standing up he said you can follow me but you have to be a man with the hierarchal view and you have to be independent. we will not impose a and then these people vulnerable. independent, willing to move in small groups. so it did not invite matt -- mass registration call these civil-rights organizations almost like the chance to replicate the previous year's. >> host: meredith did not die? >> guest: he was wounded. when he was shot there was a misinterpretation there was a bulletin that he died and caused even more hysteria. he was wounded and he recuperated for most of on dash most of the margin people were marching in his name. it was a blessing but he accepts that then he is frustrated because it has diverged from his vision and that a mass march she did not want it was centered around
spec. >> on the second day of the march she has just come in your hand down mississippi mississippi, he left the office the day before and he gets the nice warm reception who say they will register to vote and he tells stories of old african-american men that were so intimidated for so long but now standing up he said you can follow me but you have to be a man with the hierarchal view and you have to be independent. we will not impose a and then these people vulnerable. independent,...
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the mississippi. so charles percy who was the son of thomas was 20 years old in 1940. and by that time his family had acquired land in the mississippi delta your he loaded flatboat with everything he had, and all his family's possession from a plantation they had acquired worth a half a million dollars back in 1840, including -- got on the tennessee river, went down to the ohio and then took the ohio river to the mississippi, and landed in a place that is called diacritic mississippi -- deer creek, mississippi. so the youngest kid on there was william alexander percy. he was just three years old. charles didn't last long. he died 10 years later. but william went to princeton, too, and they went to university of virginia law school. and then we mississippi, and during the war he became a colonel and had a regiment. he wasn't for secession but when mississippi seceded he went to fight. and he came back, his plantation was desolated, but he reorganized. and when the white, you know, terrorist overthrew,
the mississippi. so charles percy who was the son of thomas was 20 years old in 1940. and by that time his family had acquired land in the mississippi delta your he loaded flatboat with everything he had, and all his family's possession from a plantation they had acquired worth a half a million dollars back in 1840, including -- got on the tennessee river, went down to the ohio and then took the ohio river to the mississippi, and landed in a place that is called diacritic mississippi -- deer...
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you know with one foot on each side of mississippi river, a straight out of the mississippi. but grant says, well, there's no real other choice. so we're going to do it. you know, you're you're worries. duly noted. that's fine. but we're going to do it anyway. and but now the key to that i is that sherman is so by this point in grant's career that even though he didn't like it, he still says, i will do all i can. you know, he writes his subordinates, i don't like plan. i don't like this roundabout plan. but we've got to support grant and do our best and sherman, you know, to his credit later says, i didn't like but you're right that you know, we did it your way and it worked by the way, president lincoln also sends grant a message after the vicksburg campaign and says, i've been watching and when you turn northward on the west, east side of the big black river, i thought you were making a mistake. i thought you should have done this and so on. but lincoln stayed out of it. and at the bottom of the letter, he says, i want to make the public assertion or the public admission th
you know with one foot on each side of mississippi river, a straight out of the mississippi. but grant says, well, there's no real other choice. so we're going to do it. you know, you're you're worries. duly noted. that's fine. but we're going to do it anyway. and but now the key to that i is that sherman is so by this point in grant's career that even though he didn't like it, he still says, i will do all i can. you know, he writes his subordinates, i don't like plan. i don't like this...